She's the new leader of Livingston County's Salvation Army branch, but she's also happy to be a team player.

"What's impressed me so far is that, here, no one is a Lone Ranger," Envoy Prezza Morrison said. "There are a lot of organizations working together to help people."

Morrison is a 30-year Salvation Army veteran. She and her 14-year-old son came to the local area from the western Michigan community of Holland, her most recent stop in a career that has also taken her from Saginaw to South Dakota.

Two of her three other children, all adults, are Salvation Army employees.

Morrison assumed her new duties about four weeks ago and, since then, she's been out and about, meeting the public and working to strengthen ties between the Salvation Army and other area organizations.

"It seems her strength is in organizing, and that should make her a really good fit for Livingston County," local Salvation Army advisory board President Steve Schuknecht said.

The Salvation Army is part of an alliance of Livingston social service organizations that includes the United Way, Love In the Name of Christ of the Greater Livingston Area and other organizations, Schuknecht said.

Morrison and her son are setting into their new, Salvation Army-provided home and she's getting used to her new office on Lake Street in Howell.

From there, she sees an immediate outreach opportunity.

"We're right next to the youth center," she said of the Barnard Center, not far from the Salvation Army. "So, I'll be going over here in the near future to introduce myself."

The Salvation Army formally introduced Morrison to the community during an open house last week. Morrison, who is expected to be promoted to major soon, is the local branch's third leader in as many years.

She replaces Tim and Julie Perkins, who resigned from the Salvation Army in July. They replaced Aaron and Jenny Ortman, who led the local branch for five years before being promoted to Salvation Army divisional headquarters in Indianapolis.

Morrison has "hit the ground running," Schuknecht said. That is important because the Salvation Army has entered its busiest time of the year.

Bell ringers are sought for the annual Red Kettle campaign, the Salvation Army's traditional, and biggest, fundraising effort. Last year's local campaign fell short of its goals, in part because of the weather and shorter holiday season.

The Red Tie Masquerade Ball, another fundraiser, is set for 5-9 p.m. Nov. 15 at Mount Brighton Ski Area.